Mercy University had more than 70,000 alumni as of 2023.[1] Additionally, the now-defunct College of New Rochelle's alumni, numbering more than 50,000, have been merged into the Mercy University Family.[2] Here follows a partial list of notable Mercy University alumni only.
Academia
- Paul Broadie, president of Housatonic Community College and Gateway Community College
- Gregory Howard Williams, 27th President of the University of Cincinnati, and the 11th President of the City College of New York.
- Pamela Smart, American high school teacher
- Meisha Ross Porter, an American educator who served as the New York City Schools Chancellor
- Celeste Ross-Barry, Assistant Principal at I.S. 339x Middle School in the Bronx.[3]
- Anthony Mullen, 2009 National Teacher of the Year award winner.[4]
- Christopher Fiore, principal of H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School.[5]
- Frances Dziuma, principal of St. Barnabas High School.[6]
- Ellen Hackett, director of special services for the Peekskill City School District.[7]
- Dara Joseph, the District's Committee on Special Education (CSE) of New Rochelle chairperson, Supervisor of Special Education. She was also nominated by The Journal News for its Top 40 Under 40 recognition program.[8]
- Joseph Whalen, school principal and executive director of Green Chimneys School. Under his leadership, Green Chimneys grew exponentially, expanding its facilities with a $50 million renovation plan.[9][10]
- Janice Mastropietro, Principal of Villa Maria Academy.[11][12]
- Luis Eladio Torres, president of the New York City Elementary School Principals Association.[13]
Fulbright Scholars
Government
- Jamaal Bowman, American politician and educator serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 16th congressional district since 2021.
- Pasquale J. D'Amuro, American terrorism authority, former intelligence agent and television analyst. In a career of 26 years he rose to the third position of the FBI.
- Robert Cornegy, New York City Council Member for the 36th District, representing Bedford-Stuyvesant and northern Crown Heights in Brooklyn.
- Mike Kavekotora, Namibian politician and member of parliament. He is the president of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)
- David Rosado, American politician from New York
- James Reitz, American judge and politician from Putnam County, New York. He was an acting justice for the US Supreme Court's 9th Judicial District
- Natalie Nelson Tang-How, appointed the Chief Labor Negotiator by Governor Kenneth Mapp of the US Virgin Islands.[3]
- Brad Weidel, Chief of Police for the Ramapo Police Department.[3]
- Mark Zulli, New Rochelle’s Finance Commissioner.[16]
- Waveline Bennett-Conroy, Mount Vernon Board of Education Superintendent.[17][18]
Royalty
- Oseadeeyo Kwasi Akuffo III, Ghanaian traditional ruler who is the Omanhene (or paramount chief) of the Akuapem traditional area (Okuapeman) in Ghana.
Religion
Activists
- Elaine Bartlett, activist
- Jeffrey Mark Deskovic, a lawyer and activist
- Donna Hylton, Jamaican-American activist
Arts
- Gabourey Sidibe, Academy Award-nominated actress
- Olivia Peguero, contemporary landscape and botanical artist
- Leopoldo Minaya, poet
Authors
- Sandra Uwiringiyimana, author
- Joan Wolf, author of more than 15 historical novels.
- Christopher L. Brennan, author, published his first book titled Fall of the Arab Spring: From Revolution to Destruction.[3]
- Cray Mahalia Francis, author, published her first children's book Honey Dew's Carnival Fever.[3]
- Chuck Garcia, International best seller, managing director at Citadel LLC.[20]
- Danita Matthews, published her first children's book titled The Adventures of Chelsea B.[21]
- Lisa Rhodes-Ryabchich, author, her first poetry chapbook entitled We Are Beautiful Like Snowflakes.[3]
- Nicole Thomas, author, released her second self-published book, #Thoughts.[3]
- Gloria de Prado, author of two published novels, The Witch's House and Nicholas Waring.[22]
Sports
- Garvin Alston, retired American professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB)
- Dewey Bozella, former amateur boxer
- Laura Creavalle, professional female bodybuilder
- Rob DiToma, head baseball coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
- Simone Forbes, Jamaican sportswoman, having represented Jamaica in no less than five sports
- Stan Jefferson, former center and left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets among others
- Brian Sweeney, former MLB pitcher
- Wesley Walker, former NFL wide receiver
- Mookie Wilson, former MLB outfielder/ coach.
- Joel Serrano, Puerto Rican footballer
- Michael Collins, an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. Collins played for at least twelve teams in nearly half a dozen leagues over his seventeen-year career. He also earned two caps with the United States national team in 1988. Collins currently serves as president and general manager of California United Strikers FC.
Business
- Mark Zuckerberg, self-made billionaire, chairman, chief executive officer, and co-founder of Facebook[upper-alpha 1]
- Bernardo Iglesias, Vice President of Valley National Bank.[24]
- David T. Diamond, president & CEO of Diamond Property Group, a multi-million dollar national real estate firm.[25]
- Lynn Trojnacki Horvath, Vice President of the First Niagara Financial Group.[26][3]
- George Gallego, a world ranked para-triathlete and entrepreneur
- Alex Ferrari, chief financial officer for MTV Networks.[27]
- Scott Bowers, Senior Vice President and Global Wealth Advisor at UBS.[28]
- Michele Quirolo, President and chief executive officer of The Visiting Nurse Association of Hudson Valley
- Karen O'Mara, Senior Vice President for Human Resources at Polo Ralph Lauren.[29][30]
- Carolyn Kepcher, businesswoman who was one of the judges on the NBC television program The Apprentice.
- Aimee Arzoumanian, CEO at Sparks Health Systems in Arkansas.[3]
- Walter Anderson, former publisher and CEO of Parade Magazine
- Joseph Bivona, former chairman of the GMDC Education Leadership Council and Vice President of Time Warner.[31]
- Julio Garcia, partner and Chief Financial Officer at Perella Weinberg Partners Group LP.[32]
- John Thompson, former Senior Vice President & General Manager, Best Buy.[33]
- Barbara G. Berger, President of Food City Markets, Inc.[34]
- Robin Meszaros, Manager of Business Initiatives at Bestpass Inc.[21]
- Kathleen M. Reilly, Vice President at Patriot Bank.[35]
- Constance Barnes-Watson, Regional Manager of Special Programs for the Southern Region of K12 (company).[36][5]
- Liz Glover Wilson, highlighted in Hudson Valley Magazine as a Person to Watch. Founder and owner of nonprofit event management and fundraising company, Elizabeth Rose Consulting LLC.[3]
- Michael Orce, Chief Operating Officer at Robinson & Cole in Hartford, CT., an organization with over 450 employees.[37][38]
Medicine
- Jaime Nieto, Chief, Section of Neurologic Surgery and Spine Surgery at NewYork–Presbyterian/Queens, and Professor of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine.[39][40][41]
- Harris Stratyner, Vice President and New York Regional Clinical Director of Caron Treatment Center and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He hosted his own radio program for over 28 years, and is a frequent guest on national TV programs.[42][34]
- Pamela Torres, Chief Veterinary Technologist Supervisor at the Wildlife Conservation Society.[43]
Military
- William F.X. Maughan, an American author, politician, and former U.S. Marine. He served as Monroe County's controller.[44][45][46]
- Georgette Toews, retired as Chief of Equal Opportunity for the US Air Force in the Pentagon.[47]
Miscellaneous
- Jade Greene-Grant, a Bronx public school teacher who lives in Yonkers, won over $84,000 in prize money, a car and a trip on Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show).[48]
References
- ↑ https://www.mercy.edu/about
- ↑ "| Mercy College". Archived from the original on December 19, 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "CELEBRATING OUR ALUMNI : A LOOK BACK AT MANY OF OUR 2016 ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS" (PDF). Mercy.edu. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ↑ "2009 National Teacher of the Year Anthony Mullen '02 Shares Insights with Students - Mercy College". Mercy.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- 1 2 "Mercy Maverick - Winter 2017". Flipsnack.com. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ↑ "Leaders Named at St. Barnabas High School - Catholic New York". Cny.org. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ↑ "Peekskill Names Ellen Hackett Director Of Special Services". Peekskill.dailyvoice.com. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ↑ "District Appoints Interim Special Education Supervisor - Talk of the Sound". Newrochelletalk.com. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.greenchimneys.org/green-chimneys-community-thanks-outgoing-executive-director-joseph-whalen/
- ↑ http://www.greenchimneys.org/green-chimneys-welcomes-mercy-colleges-new-president/
- ↑ https://alumni.mercy.edu/maverick-magazine/maverick-magazine-spring-2023
- ↑ https://www.vma-ny.org/m/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=310176&type=d
- ↑ https://www.ascd.org/people/luis-eladio-torres
- ↑ https://us.fulbrightonline.org/alumni/grantee-directory?name=&us_institution%5B%5D=7096&sort=
- ↑ https://us.fulbrightonline.org/alumni/grantee-directory?name=&us_institution%5B%5D=7096&sort=
- ↑ https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/new-rochelle/2018/12/19/mark-zulli-new-rochelle-finance-commissioner/2351065002/
- ↑ https://www.lohud.com/story/news/education/2023/02/14/federal-grant-investigation-mount-vernon-superintendent-waveline-bennett-conroy-reassigned/69901722007/
- ↑ https://alumni.mercy.edu/maverick-magazine/maverick-magazine-spring-2023
- ↑ "Our Pastor - Mount Vernon Heights Congregational Church". mtvernonheightscc.org. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ↑ "cgarcia47 - Mercy College". Mercy.edu. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- 1 2 "September 2016 Alumni Newsletter" (PDF). Mercy.edu. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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- ↑ Vargas, Jose Antonio (September 20, 2010). "The Face of Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg Opens Up". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Professional Bank Adds Bernardo Iglesias As Senior Vice President". Markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
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- ↑ "Darien Resident Named VP of First Niagara Risk Management". Patch.com. November 13, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
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- ↑ "Mercy College Alumni Recognize and Honor the Institutions' Mentors Who Played Life-Changing Roles in Their Lives in Celebration of School's 60th Anniversary". Prweb.com. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ↑ "Karen O'Mara". Hrexecsonthemove.com. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ↑ https://alumni.mercy.edu/alumni-hall-of-fame/joseph-bivona
- ↑ "Julio Garcia, Mercy College Class of 1987, to be Honored at Annual Trustees' Dinner - Mercy College". Mercy.edu. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ https://savoynetwork.com/features/john-r-thompson-2/
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- ↑ https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/2022-c-suite-honoree-michael-orce
- ↑ "NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens - Jaime Nieto, MD". Nyhq.org. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
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- ↑ "Mercy College Alumni Recognize and Honor the Institutions' Mentors Who Played Life-Changing Roles in Their Lives in Celebration of School's 60th Anniversary". Prweb.com. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
- ↑ "Harris Stratyner". Caron. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ↑ "Full text of "Annual report of the Wildlife Conservation Society"". archive.org.
- ↑ "Monroe Sex Ed Pay Held Official Fears Agency Advises Birth Control". Articles.mcall.com. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ↑ "William F. X. Maughan". Press.uchicago.edu. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
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